Wheels are silent from what I can tell. Noise is when I decide to stand and accelerate up a hill or want to pick up speed. So doubt it's wheels, may check the drivetrain tonight and remove/put on wheels again and lubricate the chain.

I just thought this could would be a common thing, called the bike shop and said they would strip the bike down and reinstall everything for $180.... Kind of an extreme measure I think.

twizzle wrote:Did you check the derailleur alignment after swapping wheels?

As a matter of fact I did notice when I went for a ride yesterday the gear changing was a little off. What should I be looking for re: derailleur misalignment?

Can you knock off the alignment after a wheel swap?

The cassette positioning on each freehub body of each rear wheel may be slightly different, this would need re-alignment of the derailleur ever so slightly if that's the cause of the issue.Twist the barrel adjuster on the derailleur to realign, remember to count the notch turns in case you make it worse, so you can reverse it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzvfCaIbyQ

twizzle wrote:Did you check the derailleur alignment after swapping wheels?

As a matter of fact I did notice when I went for a ride yesterday the gear changing was a little off. What should I be looking for re: derailleur misalignment?

Can you knock off the alignment after a wheel swap?

The cassette positioning on each freehub body of each rear wheel may be slightly different, this would need re-alignment of the derailleur ever so slightly if that's the cause of the issue.Twist the barrel adjuster on the derailleur to realign, remember to count the notch turns in case you make it worse, so you can reverse it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzvfCaIbyQ

Makes sense. Will try and follow that YouTube clip. I guess worse case scenario it's off for a service anyways.

FWIW - I had to adjust - slightly - my RD stop screws and cable tension after putting on my new Comos with new cassette, as they were slightly out of adjustment compared to the old rim / cassette I had on the bike.

GasCyclist wrote:Might have to call Bike shop for a quick gear alignment.

Watch the video. If you feel confident, have a go. It's a heck of a lot easier than it looks, but if you screw it up and put the chain in to the wheel or the frame, it's an unhappy time... but this is usually done by over-confident people who think they know what they are doing.

You will need to back off the limit screws a couple of turns first, get the indexing right, then reset the limit screws. It takes about two minutes if you have done it before.

Try tightening the QR. This happened to me too...only clicked under load after a wheel change. tightened everything, tried a different BB...still that damn clicking. Laughed when i did up the QR and then all was good!

Just an update re the noise. Took it to my LBS checked the bike over completely including gear alignment and supposedly it's my Bottom Bracket which needs a quick service. A common problem supposedly, mind boggling how this just happened now when I changed my wheel.

GasCyclist wrote:Just an update re the noise. Took it to my LBS checked the bike over completely including gear alignment and supposedly it's my Bottom Bracket which needs a quick service. A common problem supposedly, mind boggling how this just happened now when I changed my wheel.

So getting that done on Monday as it was too late last night.

As soon as you step foot out of the LBS, get on the bike and give it a good cranking test.

GasCyclist wrote:Just an update re the noise. Took it to my LBS checked the bike over completely including gear alignment and supposedly it's my Bottom Bracket which needs a quick service. A common problem supposedly, mind boggling how this just happened now when I changed my wheel.

So getting that done on Monday as it was too late last night.

As soon as you step foot out of the LBS, get on the bike and give it a good cranking test.

Yeah will do. The LBS does lots of work on the bikes from my local cycling group so good person. Didn't charge me a cent to diagnose.

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